Kartika Purnima

The serene Jagannath Temple at Khidirpur or Kidderpore in Kolkata resounded with the chant of "Panchuka Purnanga Mangala Aarati" on Tuesday. Pandit Jayadev Dash Badapanda of the temple said, “Kartika is a holy month for us. We observe…

Puri: Jagannath and his siblings - Balabhadra and Subhadra - donned Raja Rajeswar Besha, which is similar to Suna Besha, on the auspicious occasion of Kartika Purnima on Tuesday. With devotees thronging Puri for darshan of the triad,…

Rayagada: Two youths drowned during the Boita Bandana ceremony in Odisha’s Rayagada district on Tuesday. According to reports, one Suman Behera of Muniguda and an engineering student of Utkal Gourav Madhusudan Institute of Technology…

Bhubaneswar: Kartika Purnima is celebrated with Boita Bandana, a mass commemoration of the maritime glory of the people of Odisha. On the full moon day of the holy month of Kartika, people wake up early, bathe and visit temples. They then…